Ganga Sagar Mela

A Naga Sadhu at the Babughat Transit Camp of "Ganga Sagar Mela" on the way to holy Kumbh at Gangasagar, in Kolkata on January 05, 2011. Hundreds of Hindu pilgrims and Monks gather at the Ganga Sagar Mela (Fair) each year to take holy dip in the Ocean at the confluence of the River Ganges and the Bay of Bengal (Ganga Sagar), on the occasion of Makar Sankranti. The Makar Sankranti, a holy day of the Hindu calendar considered to be of great religious significance in Hindu mythology.